# aureola
## English
### Alternative forms

* aureole

### Etymology

From Latin aurea (“golden”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/
* (US) IPA: /ɔˈɹiː.ə.lə/, (cot–caught merger) /ɑˈɹiː.ə.lə/

### Noun

aureola (plural aureolas or aureolae)
* Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.
* (theology) An increment to the ordinary blessedness of heaven gained by virgins, martyrs, and doctors for their triumph respectively over the flesh, the world, and the devil.

#### Usage notes

* Distinct from the nimbus, which only covers the head.
* Not to be confused with areola.

#### Translations
## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /awˈrɛ.o.la/
* Rhymes: -ɛola
* Hyphenation: au‧rè‧o‧la

### Noun

aureola f (plural aureole)
* halo
* aureole
* aura

## Latin
### Adjective

aureola
* inflection of aureolus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

aureolā
* ablative feminine singular of aureolus

### References

* aureola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aureola corōna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aw.rɛˈɔ.la/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔla
* Syllabification: au‧re‧o‧la

### Noun

aureola f (diminutive aureolka)
* (art, Christianity) aureole, glory, halo, nimbus (luminous disc around the heads of saints in sacred art)
    Synonyms: gloria, nimb, nimbus
* (literary) aureole, halo, nimbus (light circle around some sources of light)
* (literary) aureole (hair resembling a halo around the heads of saints)
* (literary) halo (the metaphorical aura of glory)
    Synonyms: gloria, chwała, nimb, sława, splendor

#### Declension
### Further reading

* aureola in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* aureola in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Verb

aureola
* inflection of aureolar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French auréoler.

### Verb

a aureola (third-person singular present aureolează, past participle aureolat) 1st conjugation
* to surround with a halo
* to glorify

#### Conjugation
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aurěola/
* Hyphenation: a‧u‧re‧o‧la

### Noun

aurèola f (Cyrillic spelling аурѐола)
* aureola, halo

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /auɾeˈola/ [au̯.ɾeˈo.la]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: au‧re‧o‧la

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin aureola.

#### Noun

aureola f (plural aureolas)
* halo (luminous disc around the heads of saints)
* (anatomy) areola
    Synonym: areola
* (astronomy) corona
    Synonym: corona

##### Derived terms

* aureolar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

aureola
* inflection of aureolar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “aureola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10